Post by Galamoth on Apr 4, 2017 21:37:18 GMT -6

My second, and silly, question is: When Alucard is introduced in this series, will there at any point be a pair of sunglasses and a skateboard (anachronisms!) as easter-eggs referencing his depiction in Captain N?

Post by Enkeria Gin on Apr 5, 2017 4:36:20 GMT -6

Heard he will be attached to the Marvel spin-off (Sony have the rights) of Spider-Mans Venom, without spider-man.

That seems a bit.. odd. And it will be a dark version of Venom. Will that "grim" version take inspiration from Castlevania perhaps, if he is still attached to the Venom movie? Since Venom is a sci-fi more, and Castlevania a bit more medieval, perhaps there is a thin line between them, and some stuff can be used in both concepts. Like mystery, jump-scares, plot twists and death of characters people enjoy see living.

Game of Thrones is a long-running show, and it keep surprising the audience. Walking Dead have lost that and now, whenever we see a character progress, we know that character might die within the next episode or two.

So questions would be.

1. Will the Castlevania be inspired by any horror movies or TV-shows we know of today, with exception from the drama adventure fantasy Game of Thrones?2. Will it be a jump-scare movie, a splatter-scare movie or a more psychological movie-series of Castlevania? Perhaps a combination to keep it "fresh"?3. Will the arc / story be concluded, or will it be open for interpretation (for future projects perhaps).

Post by XombieMike on Apr 5, 2017 15:02:44 GMT -6

Alright folks! Adi Shankar and I just had a great conversation about how to best communicate about Castlevania. He also just registered here, which is pretty cool because he's probably reading some posts.

I'll be sending him your questions one at a time outside of the forums then posting the responses here. Please look forward to it!

A voice interview will not be possible until after the premier of the first season. Speaking with Adi was great though, and I wish I could have recorded and shared it with you all. Our conversation left me with a sense that he is a true fan and not just milking a cash cow. I'm very excited to see what he does with Castlevania.

Post by XombieMike on Apr 10, 2017 17:46:24 GMT -6

Adi has answered a few of the questions today. Click to see it full size.

Goobsausage wants to know:Are you familiar with Bloodstained and how it's poised to be the spiritual successor to the Castlevania games? If so, what do you personally want to see from it?

Adi:Yes! I'm most definitely familiar with Koji's Bloodstained and have been for a while. I love love love the color palate, art direction, and the pseudo RPG vibe. Personally, I hope that it spawns a comic book series and it's own animated series because, given the pedigree and game play footage, it most certainly deserves it IMO. Gebel will become a popular cosplay character. #pinklogosarebadass

Goobsausage wants to know:Will anyone else who was involved with Dredd 3D or any of your Bootleg Universe films be involved with Netflix Castlevania?

Adi:Nope. Not Dredd or the Bootleg Universe.

Konami announced a new pachislot gambling machine game for Castlevania. It's using the Lords of Shadow reboot. It's Castlevania, but not to the vast majority of fans. Bloodstained isn't Castlevania, but it is to the fans. Your animated series seems to be the last hope for the long time fans of the series. How do you feel about the Lords of Shadow reboot and Pachislot games?

Adi:Honestly, I'm only focusing on making the anime show as dope as possible so that the fans are proud and so that I as a fan am proud. I don't gamble so I don't know very much about pachislot machines.

Post by Goobsausage on Apr 11, 2017 10:29:28 GMT -6

Adi has answered a few of the questions today. Click to see it full size.

Goobsausage wants to know:Are you familiar with Bloodstained and how it's poised to be the spiritual successor to the Castlevania games? If so, what do you personally want to see from it?

Adi:Yes! I'm most definitely familiar with Koji's Bloodstained and have been for a while. I love love love the color palate, art direction, and the pseudo RPG vibe. Personally, I hope that it spawns a comic book series and it's own animated series because, given the pedigree and game play footage, it most certainly deserves it IMO. Gebel will become a popular cosplay character. #pinklogosarebadass

Goobsausage wants to know:Will anyone else who was involved with Dredd 3D or any of your Bootleg Universe films be involved with Netflix Castlevania?

Adi:Nope. Not Dredd or the Bootleg Universe.

Konami announced a new pachislot gambling machine game for Castlevania. It's using the Lords of Shadow reboot. It's Castlevania, but not to the vast majority of fans. Bloodstained isn't Castlevania, but it is to the fans. Your animated series seems to be the last hope for the long time fans of the series. How do you feel about the Lords of Shadow reboot and Pachislot games?

Adi:Honestly, I'm only focusing on making the anime show as dope as possible so that the fans are proud and so that I as a fan am proud. I don't gamble so I don't know very much about pachislot machines.

Adi Shankar, who made one of my favorite movies, wants a Bloodstained-related thing that I want?

It's a bit of a letdown to hear nobody else involved with Dredd 3D or the Bootleg Universe is involved with Netflix Castlevania since a lot of work and creativity went into those (the James Bond storyboard/animatic one was really cool!), but I'm glad to hear Adi's focused on making it great.

Post by Zechs on Apr 12, 2017 18:31:18 GMT -6

Questions:

- What was your inspiration for pursuing this Castlevania project? -- Is there any part of the series you like the most out of the rest?

- Do you like the family ties the series consists of, the Belmont's exclusively hunting Dracula for the most part? -- Would you consider breaking the family ties in favor of a new kind of protagonist or anti hero? ---Did the anime Hellsing Ultimate factor in at all in terms of violence?

- What brought up the Power Rangers Bootleg project? Was it an envisioning you have wanted to do for a while? -- Would you be interested in taking that concept to a feature film or some kind of HBO or Showtime mini series, if allowed?

- Allegedly it's been mentioned you would like to do a hardcore R rated MegaMan. What kind of content would you be able to do to accomplish this?-- Still using robots? Human victims? Showing the damage of the Wily Wars or Maverick Wars, or another part in the timeline if not something brand new? Would this be a plan for a game, show or movie?

Post by purifyweirdsoul on May 30, 2017 13:58:02 GMT -6

Is there any hope for the series to continue past the two seasons? Imagine it being based on the various videogames.

Rondo Of Blood and SOTN being a season. Down the line aria of sorrow could be a season.

Good news here Dan is that SotN and Aria are Shankar's two favorite Castlevania games, so...I think it's possible. The natural progression from CV3 is to move into another game with as much going on character-wise, maybe even something grander like SotN. It makes more sense than telling a Simon tale, since that would (unless new and significant liberties were taken) be the same as how the series started, just with less characters and different names.

CV3 seasons > Rondo/SotN seasons > 99/Aria/Dawn seasons would be awesome and cover all of the major bases. While this isn't phrased as a question, I think it'd be something worth getting his attention on ;p

If all that goes well and they need more material, it's certainly out there, but the rest is more ancillary to what I consider the main entries of Castlevania that either have the most appeal or the most story to tell. Later, they can dig into the past with Lament, tell another side of the original CV3 story using Hector, do OoE or PoR...but that's all only if the funds and interest really knocks it out. I hope it does.

Post by castledan on May 30, 2017 16:24:35 GMT -6

Is there any hope for the series to continue past the two seasons? Imagine it being based on the various videogames.

Rondo Of Blood and SOTN being a season. Down the line aria of sorrow could be a season.

Good news here Dan is that SotN and Aria are Shankar's two favorite Castlevania games, so...I think it's possible. The natural progression from CV3 is to move into another game with as much going on character-wise, maybe even something grander like SotN. It makes more sense than telling a Simon tale, since that would (unless new and significant liberties were taken) be the same as how the series started, just with less characters and different names.

CV3 seasons > Rondo/SotN seasons > 99/Aria/Dawn seasons would be awesome and cover all of the major bases. While this isn't phrased as a question, I think it'd be something worth getting his attention on ;p

If all that goes well and they need more material, it's certainly out there, but the rest is more ancillary to what I consider the main entries of Castlevania that either have the most appeal or the most story to tell. Later, they can dig into the past with Lament, tell another side of the original CV3 story using Hector, do OoE or PoR...but that's all only if the funds and interest really knocks it out. I hope it does.

The only thing is, it'd depend on if Warren Ellis wants to put the time into something like that. This was a project from years ago, no telling if he plans to go past on what he originally envisioned. Unless they got a different writer.

Post by alexcalvo on Jun 24, 2017 18:31:07 GMT -6

Thought of another good one, if this hasn't already been finished... But if they ever get to a season about the 1999 battle, would you ask Iga to share any details he had planned for the story? Or just work with what was given in Aria and Dawn of Sorrow, filling in the gaps completely yourselves?

crocodile: Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Been busy with life (+ no updates) means I haven't been checking around here super often but do know I still love all you guys Aug 16, 2017 18:11:01 GMT -6